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Deepfire M4 review
+All metal
+Solid Build
+Secure Hop-up
+Abundant Accessory Rails
+Battery Stock
+Good Rate of Fire
-Difficult to adjust hop-up
-Cannot house Large Battery
A good general purpose combat carbine for any Armalite lover who appreciates rugged practicality, quality construction and a refined finish. The new hop-up design complements it's performance that excels even with only an 8.4 volt battery.
The M4, carbine brother of the M16, is a modern classic in its own right. Initially developed quite simply as the latest attempt at a more compact solution to the much longer M16 assault rifle, the M4 has gone on to steal the hearts and minds of gun aficionados around the world as much as a true staple of military grade combat carbines in general as well as being a quintessentially American weapon. Once upon a time it was a weapon planned to offer a smaller option for personnel working as vehicle crews or other such deployments requiring a more petite weapon for the limited space and yet still shared the same magazines, accessories and vast interchangeability of constituent components; of course, with the growth of CQB combat scenarios in recent decades the M4 has seen so much use and has been so publicly exposed that it now stands recognized as a main stay weapon in its own right. Many Airsoft brands offer their own subjective takes at re-creating the weapon with results as wide ranging as the products prolific availability. Deepfire, a brand well known for their somewhat off-the-beaten-track conceptualization of weaponry, brings us their newest attempt to steal attention away from the usual crowd.
Initial Impression:
Right from the start, the sharp observer may notice the rather odd phenomenon surrounding the box; quite simply, the total lack of a weapon name. "Deepfire" and "Hop-Up Version" may adorn the outside but nowhere does it sport an actual name for the weapon therein. Lacking the fancy imagery of many a modern AEG box decoration, the simplistic packaging is a more conservative approach with low-key coloring and nothing more aggressive then the plain text "Airsoft Product" or the usual caution disclaimer of safe use. Opening the box, we find the weapon and its various bits and pieces to be cradled in the typical affair of shape-fitted molded voids. The plastic shell material has a "felt finish" presumably in a combined attempt to protect the contents from scratches and abrasions as well as trying to make it more robust and generally pretty up the packaging.
Close Inspection:
The weapon itself sports an all-metal construction (save the butt stock) with matt-black finish with rock solid fitting to the point that this reviewer can find absolutely no wobble anywhere despite twisting and contorting it under hand-applied pressure save perhaps the usual wobble one would expect from a plastic, multi-position extendable butt stock. The finish is generally decent although particularly fine on the rail system.
A pause to separate the upper/lower receiver immediately revealed one clear reason for the solid fit, the upper receiver porting diameter actually almost larger then where it was supposed to slide into on the lower making the disassembly/reassembly process tricky with ample squeezing, hammering and easing to get things to come apart and even more so when pulling things back together. Irritatingly tight, the result is an undeniably and relentlessly secure fit. The railed front system stands boldly apart from the otherwise conservative color scheme in a stark light grey tone with a slight green tint so subtle that it?s barely worth mentioning really but it is something different from the usual fare. For those who might not care for the funky coloring there is also an all-black version as well for that more classic look.
Once again, exactly as the upper/lower receiver interface, the front system is attached to the receiver with practically no give resulting in a flawlessly solid feel. The rail system sports the usual four facets of accessory rails including two ports each on the left and right for QD sling mounts. The weapon also breaks from the basic M4 design with its "Medieval" style muzzle break adding a touch of the eccentric to its aesthetics. As per usual M4 specifications, this weapon does indeed feature a rail-mounted carry handle as standard but is easily removed to reveal the railed top of the upper receiver which sits flush with the front rail system. The front and rear iron sight is the standard post style sight for the M16 with the usual rear sight adjustable for elevation and windage tweaking as well as the two-position rear ring. The adjust dial is nicely marked operates crisply; perhaps not the most used of functions for many AEG users but it is a nice touch nonetheless and although not particularly special it does reflect a degree of authenticity to the weapon. The included high-capacity magazine features the a similar grey color (sans the green tint) and although certainly a decent magazine its hardly anything worth writing home about other then the simple fact of its 320 round capacity.
The stock is of the crane stock variety complete with T-shape connector for stabilizing that tri-stick stock stored battery solution. Rather strait forward, it may not be the most impressive looking option on the market these days but it is still something different from the bog standard stock, includes multi-position function and a practical battery storage solution so what more can you really ask for?
A small plastic bag contains a couple of short lengths of heat-shrink and a Deans plug connector, our first rather clear clue as to the nature of the battery plug on this particular weapon. As irritating as the little things can be, at least they offer a more compact and stable battery plug option complete with spare parts for your convenience meaning sticking with it or switching it out is a pretty strait forward future minor modification possibility.
The upper receiver comes away from the lower by sliding out the forward placed self-retaining pin and sliding the upper receiver forward to disengage from the bottom receiver (just like modern M4 designs) rather than the older style removal of a rear pin and the upper receiver capable of pivoting upwards. This alteration in design trades in convenience for stability, the sliding action of attachment engaging a much larger surface area eliminating wobble in the receiver although making quick-access to the internals a larger challenge. This is secured further with Deepfires design including the upper receiver tabs having a slightly larger diameter then the lower resulting in assembly porting requiring the upper to be squeezed and eased into place; the assembly/disassembly is tricky but it is the price to pay for a mechanically robust fit.
The slick silver hop-up unit is a pretty little thing, closed and sealed very well and incredibly secure reducing adverse vibration induced effects to virtual non-existence and his handsomely robust. The awkwardly placed hop-up adjust is reached by removing the magazine and inverting it so as to gain access to it via the magwell. We had so much trouble reaching it with a standard alan/hex key that we resorted to a longer hex-key tool which is the same solution we would advise to all users of this weapon.
This reviewer, an avid and experienced wargamer with basic level technical proficiency, would not dream of relying on this technique to adjust the hop-up in the field, opting instead to optimize the hop-up prior to an engagement to a middle-range compromise and just sticking with the one setting. By all means, if you have the opportunity and proficiency, stealing time between rounds of gaming to pop it open and adjust is an option even if it is a fiddly one.
Opening up the gearbox for a more comprehensive inspection of the internals and things continued to look good; metal gearbox, steel gears, decently but not overly greased, plastic piston features, good so far. We take particular mention of the ported piston head and well-fitting o-ring for a nice seal and a bevel gear with five reverse latch teeth (definitely the higher end for most AEGs) and a decent nozzle resulting in the crisp operation of the weapon that we found during testing. In terms of alignment, gears were properly shimmed, decent bushings, neatly wired and everything locked into place nice and secure where they were supposed to; the stock spring is of the non-linear variety and while it probably offers minimal practical difference, it does supply 380fps out of the box and it sits on a metal spring guide. Overall, a nice set of internals resulting in a good gearbox.
Opening up the gearbox for a more comprehensive inspection of the internals and things continued to look good; metal gearbox, steel gears, decently but not overly greased, plastic piston features, good so far. We take particular mention of the ported piston head and well-fitting o-ring for a nice seal and a bevel gear with five reverse latch teeth (definitely the higher end for most AEGs) and a decent nozzle resulting in the crisp operation of the weapon that we found during testing. In terms of alignment, gears were properly shimmed, decent bushings, neatly wired and everything locked into place nice and secure where they were supposed to; the stock spring is of the non-linear variety and while it probably offers minimal practical difference, it does supply 380fps out of the box and it sits on a metal spring guide. Overall, a nice set of internals resulting in a good gearbox.
Initially just test shooting right out of the box to get a rough idea, at 20m groupings where upwards of 12inches and that was with elevation; that was hardly surprising, with hop-up turned off it behaves like any other AEG so no big news there. Moving on to the actual accuracy testing we just skipped strait on ahead to the post-hop-up-adjust phase; with our impression from the initial shots we decided to shoot at 20m and 10m to get a spread result to get a better idea at the weapon performance at various ranges.
The accuracy tests were conducted indoors so wind was not a factor; firing position was seated and making use of a table-height gun rest so as to minimize user end inaccuracy and for authentic product testing we stuck to using the iron sights. The weapon was operating on an 8.4v tri-stick NiCad battery and chronoed very consistently at 380fps with KSC Perfect 0.2g BBs; all things considered, the rate of fire was actually very decent so we suspect running it on anything higher should yield an impressive rate of fire. Three shoots in all, first was semi-auto 10 shots at 20m, second was full auto 10 shots at 20m and finally semi-auto 10 shots at 10m. Full-auto shoots where done with the included hi-cap magazine; the full-auto shoot was done with a mid-cap (not included) and counted out so as to limit the full auto fire to exactly one continuous 10-shot burst.
Bear in mind when looking at the results that these tests are really about the groupings, not the placement, as we are testing the weapons accuracy and not the shooters skill (or lack thereof) operating iron sights. The 20m/65? range was selected to replicate longer shooting (typical with outdoor gaming) and the 10m/33? range reflects typical mid-to-long range for indoor shooting and generic CQB.
First shoot, semi-auto 10 shots at 20m/65'; grouping was about 19cm/7.5", not bad but not terribly inspiring, fairly typical for an AEG. Second shoot, full-auto 10 shots at 20m/65'; grouping was about 15cm/6" resulting in a negligible difference with semi-auto which demonstrates how stable and consistent the hop-up is as even with the reasonable rate of fire it had no problem keeping things constant. Final shoot, semi-auto 10 shots at 10m/33'; grouping was about 5cm/2" giving for a solid drilling of a small spot at that range with most shots actually landing on top of each other.
Over all, the weapon is ruggedly solid with a nice finish and built conservatively but practical with the slightest hint of minor eccentricity; inclusion of a rail system, crane stock, deans connector and t-connector gives for a nice package ready to take accessories and good to go right out of the box. Power is good but not too high, rate of fire is decent, hop-up is very consistent; we would say that the weapon performs well on its own but those so inclined to modify would likely find the secure hop-up a nice basis for an accuracy build whilst also a nice base rate of fire gives for a multiplying potential for pushing the envelope in the ROF department. Adding a tightbore precision barrel (no need to increase its length) and stepping up to 9.6v battery or LiPo (making use of minor re-wiring and adding a battery box) would render a high performance weapon with only minor modification.
Overall, we would say that its accuracy characteristics are fairly typical at longer range but its incredibly stable and consistent hop-up is great for sustain/suppression fire roles meaning you can spend less time worrying about your weapon and more on engaging the enemy!


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Tweet this: Twitter insiders aren't cashing out yetApril 14, 2014: 12:01 PM ET
Twitter's founding fathers became billionaires on paper when the social media company went public in November.
But Jack Dorsey and Evan Williams say they have no immediate plans to turn those paper gains in to cold, hard cash once they have the opportunity in May.
Under federal securities law, company insiders must wait six months before selling any shares following an initial public offering.
The so-called "lock up period" is designed to discourage insiders and venture capitalists from turning a quick profit after taking a company public.
So far Dorsey and Williams, who are both on Twitter's board of directors, say they have "no current plans to sell any of their shares of Twitter common stock," when the lock up period ends, according to a document filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Twitter CEO Richard Costolo has no immediate plans to sell either.
Related: Meet Twitter's billionaires
The move could be a sign that Twitter's ruling elite are in it for the long haul. Or, they may just be waiting for a better time to sell.
Twitter's stock (TWTR) shot up 73% on its first day of trading. It had a spectacular run late last year, rising to a high near $75 in late December.
But Twitter has been punished along with many other high-flying momentum stocks in the past few weeks. The stock has fallen back to its all-time low, though it was rebounding a bit Monday.
Of course, no one should feel too bad for Twitter or its founders.
Even with Twitter shares near the rock-bottom point of its short tenure as a public company, the three insiders would make a fortune if they decided to sell out.
At about $41 a share, Williams' 12% stake is worth more than $2 billion. Dorsey, who owns nearly 5% of the company, would walk away with more than $1 billion. Costolo's take would be about $400 million.
While the founders and current CEO have signaled that they'll stick it out for a while, it remains to be seen whether other big Twitter insiders will do the same.
Peter Fenton, a Twitter board director and an early investor in the company, owns a stake worth roughly $1.3 billion.
Six institutional investors own 5% or more of Twitter. The biggest player is private equity firm Rizvi Traverse, which has a nearly 18% stake that is worth about $3.8 billion.


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Intelligent highways, smart vehicles, connected transportation systems – sounds like the stuff of the future. In reality, though, many technologies currently found on our roadways reflect that future. In many cases they will be integral components of an intelligent transportation system. And the most important piece of technology might be the one most everyone now carries in their pocket, purse or backpack.
The U.S. Department of Transportation, via its Intelligent Transportation System Program, has funded numerous research projects on vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications. The goal: a national, multimodal system featuring connected vehicles, infrastructure and driver/passenger mobile devices – even pedestrian mobile devices (cell phones).
DOT believes a "connected" transportation system will mean a safer and more efficient system, with vehicles communicating with each other as well as with traffic signals, toll booths and other parts of the infrastructure.
Among the short-term research programs are projects focusing on commercial vehicle information systems and technologies. This would involve using information systems and communications networks to improve safety and productivity and reduce regulatory costs. These programs would rely on data sharing, electronic registration and automated roadside screening/enforcement activities.
The ITS Strategic Plan through 2014 includes a section on truck vehicle-to-vehicle research. The goal is to help reduce crashes by alerting drivers via in-cab alarms of vehicles in their vicinity that might represent a threat, such as one that is speeding or merging into the roadway from a blind spot.
Overcoming the issues
A number of challenges must be overcome to get to the ITS programs vision, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report released earlier this year. Those challenges include:
• Finalizing a technical framework for vehicle-to-vehicle security;
• Ensuring the performance of the radio-frequency spectrum used by vehicle-to-vehicle communications;
• Ensuring drivers respond appropriately to warning alerts;
• Liability issues that may be created by the technologies; and
• Privacy – something that's been much in the news since the release of the GAO report.
The GAO report said that a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system would need a way to ensure the integrity of the data shared between vehicles by being able to detect, report and revoke the credentials of vehicles sharing inaccurate information.
What DOT envisions for the future is similar to what current commercial vehicle collision-avoidance systems, vehicle tracking or vehicle performance monitoring devices accomplish, with the exception of communicating with other vehicles.
Is tomorrow's technology here today?
Only a small percentage of commercial vehicles are currently equipped with on-board telematics/fleet management systems. (That may change if the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration adopts a rule mandating electronic logging devices for recording drivers hours-of-service.)
However, virtually all drivers carry mobile devices such as a smartphone, tablet or both. There are hundreds of trucking-centered applications available online for these devices, and a growing number of fleet management providers offer mobile products as well.
Either way, these systems tend to communicate with a fleet's vehicle management system and with other systems that might be installed on a vehicle. While DOT's ITS program foresees a nationwide network, many commercial vehicle fleets already run in what might be termed local networks. One of the benefits of such a network, according to the ITS vision, is the ability for vehicles ahead to alert other vehicles of adverse weather conditions – icy roads, heavy fog, snow or traffic congestion.
For a number of commercial vehicle networks, this is already a reality. For instance, Telogis operates a "feedback loop" for drivers with its navigation product. Termed "community-based navigation," drivers can send feedback regarding routes, low-bridges, construction, weather or other things. The feedback is validated and then shared with other drivers. The network includes 120,000 drivers, according to Rick Turek, vice president navigation with Telogis. Noting that often infrastructure data "was out-of-date as soon we get it," he said that "the only way we found to stay current (on road and weather conditions) was to use the whole community."
Among the "couple hundred" messages they get from drivers each day, there is often some traffic or weather information that allows them to send out revised navigation instructions.
Turek sees the potential of extending local networks to encompass entire transportation systems.
He sees less promise in so-called smart infrastructure.
"The most expensive thing can do would be to insert probes into the roadway" to monitor traffic and weather. "The more you can take advantage of the mobile unit inside the vehicle and cloud-based applications," the easier the job will be, he says. "The probes won't be on the roadway but in the vehicles. If you are looking at smart vehicles, you are looking at a network connecting the vehicles through a localized cloud."
When onboard systems talk to each other
For the most part, however, the systems fleets deploy are closed networks and not the open, data-sharing network the ITS plan envisions. There are perfectly good reasons for that. But even here, cooperation is expanding. Some mobile communications providers, for example, allow other services to piggyback on their network.
Adam Kahn, director of fleet services with Omnitracs, says an interesting trend is for several technology vendors to come together and have their systems "converse to serve the fleets in a more dynamic method."
As an example, he mentioned a truck OEM's recent introduction of on-board sensors that can identify maintenance issues and then send that data to a nearby dealer locations via whatever type of mobile communications system that particular fleet deploys. The information is routed to the fleet's maintenance director, and the nearest service location is identified via geo information from the telematics unit. "We are starting to see a lot of cooperation."
Currently, Kahn says, "connected" trucks feature a number of systems communicating with each other. For instance, critical-events reporting applications and lane departure warning systems are coupled with other activities.
"If we see a hard-braking event (from the critical events reporting application) it starts other things," Kahn says. If the vehicle is equipped with an in-cab camera system, such as SmartDrive for instance, a hard-braking event will turn on its cameras.
Another trend, Kahn notes, is that "truck sensors are moving almost into the 'always on' environment – they always know what is happening. And in that way, the trucks themselves are becoming part of the smart roadway."
Talking to infrastructure
At least one application allowing fleets to bypass weigh and inspection stations uses a fleet's existing mobile communications platform to request and receive bypass authorizations.
The traditional service requires a transponder installed on the truck, a receiver mounted some distance from the weigh station to receive the by-pass request, and a transmitter a little further on to relay the authorization.
The mobile applications, on the other hand, do not require any of those and allow fleets to "leverage the devices they have already purchased," says Brian Heath, president and CEO of Drivewyze. The company's app can be downloaded to iPhone, iPads or Android phones and tablet. Its PreClear subscription service allows fleets to get bypass clearances either through the driver's mobile device or in-cab mobile communication's unit or electronic logging device.
Omnitrac's Kahn agrees that such services make sense for both the carrier and the enforcement agencies involved. "It's like a frequent traveler who gets a TSA pass," he says. "I can't imagine why a fleet wouldn't find that attractive."
And while the reality of a nationwide connected transportation system still lies somewhere in the future, the reality, as Kahn notes, is "a lot of this stuff is happening now."


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Winter Weather
Extreme Cold, Snow, Ice, Sleet and Freezing Rain
Dozens of Americans die each year due to exposure to cold. Add to that the number of vehicle accidents and fatalities; fires due to dangerous use of heaters, and other winter weather fatalities. Heavy accumulations of ice can bring down trees and topple utility poles/communication towers, disrupting communications and power for days. Even small accumulations of ice can be extremely dangerous to motorists and pedestrians. Bridges and overpasses are particularly dangerous because they freeze before other surfaces. Harford County often experiences extreme winters accompanied by widespread power outages. You must prepare properly to avoid the winter weather hazards.
Winter Weather Safety Tips:
- Dress warmly with layers of loose-fitting light weight clothing and stay dry. Wear mittens, hats, scarves, and water repellent coats.
- Cover your mouth to protect your lungs from extremely cold air.
- Keep dry. Change wet clothing frequently to prevent a loss of body heat.
- Avoid overexertion. Cold weather puts an added strain on the heart.
- Unaccustomed exercise such as shoveling snow can bring on a heart attack or make a preexisting medical condition worse.
- Maintain ventilation when using kerosene heaters to avoid build-up of toxic fumes. Refuel kerosene heaters outside and keep them at least three feet from flammable objects.
- Do NOT run a generator inside your house or in the garage. Make sure the generator is located in a well ventilated area outside your home.
- Use the County Snow Plow Tracking App to learn about road conditions and when it is safe to travel.
Signs of Frostbite: Occurs when the skin and body tissue just beneath it freezes. Loss of feeling and white or pale appearance in extremities, such as fingers, toes, earlobes, face, and the tip of the nose.
What to Do?
What to Do?
What to Do?
- Cover exposed skin, but do not rub the affected area in an attempt to warm it up.
- Seek medical help immediately.
What to Do?
- Seek medical attention immediately, if necessary.
- Get the victim to a warm location.
- Remove wet clothing.
- Warm the center of the body first by wrapping the person in blankets or putting on dry clothing.
- Give warm, non-alcoholic beverages if the victim is conscious.


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How similar is what you do to what Urban Meyer and Rich Rodriquez do?
PJ: I think it's very similar. . . .
Why do you think then, that most college football fans, when they think of your offense, probably don't automatically think of what Urban Meyer and Rich Rodriquez do?
PJ: Because one is under the gun and the other is under the center.
That's it?
PJ: Yeah, and most fans, quite honestly, couldn't tell you what plays they ran out of the gun. It's like anything else -- if you're successful and you have big plays, then it's great. If you're not moving the ball and you're not scoring then it's no good. If you look at last year with what Rich did at Michigan, it's the same offense they ran at West Virginia, but it was a learning process, different personnel and they didn't have near the success. In fact they had very little success. But nobody was questioning whether it would work or not. As soon as we have one game where we don't score 30 points, boy it's like, I told you this wouldn't work, everybody figured it out. That's what drives you nuts.
How about with receivers? Does the spread require different things out of them than if you were lining up in a pro-style set?
SD: Yeah, definitely. The quarterback and receivers have to spend a lot of time getting on the same page. If you run the ball, guys are going to try to sneak more guys in the box. When they do that, you need to find a way to get the ball on the perimeter, whether it's throwing the [bubble screens] or whatever, to try to get the ball away from the guys packing the box. When you're doing that, it looks like an easy throw, but it's something that requires quite a bit of timing and work between quarterbacks and wide receivers. If you're going to spread it out and do that, your quarterback and receivers have to spend a lot of time developing a feel for each other. . . .
One way guys recruit against spread teams is they tell recruits that if they play in a spread offense they are not going to get the respect from the NFL in the draft. What do you say to that?
SD: It's weird. Remember [the University of] Miami was one of the first teams running the one-back and running a spread offense with three receivers on the field? They were doing it with guys like Bernie Kosar and Vinny Testaverde and all of those guys were getting drafted. Back then, Miami was using it as a real advantage -- hey, we're spreading the field and throwing the ball. That's how you get into the NFL. What's happened is the spread has changed and there are a lot of different kinds of spreads. You've got what Penn State was doing last year which is more traditional type stuff. And then you've got the stuff that is way out there, the run-and-shoot stuff, what Tech's done. I think anytime a quarterback can drop back and throw the football, that's important. All that does is make him better, whether he does it under center or out of the shotgun. I don't see how a quarterback can be faulted when he takes a snap, avoids a rush, shuffles in the pocket, goes through reads, finds a receiver, throws an accurate ball and does all the things you have to do to drop back and throw. I don't see how he becomes a better quarterback by being under center and handing it to a running back. There's been a little bit of a knock, but I think that's just because of the personnel. If you're Texas Tech, you don't have to recruit 6-foot-6 quarterbacks who can stand in the pocket and throw the ball. And those are the guys the NFL is always going to like. Now, some of those guys don't work out and guys like Tom Brady do, who's not very big and doesn't have a particularly strong arm. They're just good players. Whether it's college or pro, the important thing for a quarterback is just finding a good fit.
How hard is it for a receiver to learn a spread offense with so many different options going on?
HH: I think it's a lot simpler because what you're trying to do is you're trying to create one-on-ones. And I know that you're trying to do that in about every offense, create one-on-ones. But in the spread, because you have people spread out so much, it's a numbers game ... So, in most spread offenses, the beauty of it is that it creates a lot of one-on-one opportunities for wide receivers. That's all a guy really asks for.
What type of player are you looking for at the skill positions?
Dan Mullen: The first thing we look for is a guy who's multi-talented, a guy that can play a crossover position or hybrid position. You want a receiver who can also line up at tailback or a tailback who can flex into the slot or move up to the fullback position. Guys who have multiple skills make it hard for defenses to match up on you. . . .
When you have several of these hybrid players, why does it make it so difficult for the defense?
Dan Mullen: One thing we're hoping to get to here at Mississippi State is where you don't have to change personnel groupings very often. Everybody has the same skill set, which makes it harder for the defense to pick up on what you're doing. You don't have to substitute to run different things.
How much has the talent you guys have accumulated over recent years provided you the opportunity to make your offense different from one season to the next?
David Yost: Coach [Gary] Pinkel is a very direct guy and he thinks things through and doesn't fly by the seat of the pants. And that's the beauty of this offense.
When we had [former Missouri quarterback] Brad [Smith] we ran him more. Then we got Chase Daniel in here who could run the football, but also could also lead us to more passing because of his talents. That helped us transform our offense into more of a passing philosophy.
At one time when we had [tight ends] Chase [Coffman] and Martin Rucker, we were running a lot of two-tight end offenses. Then we had a set of receivers, but not necessarily ones that would be as suited to running the spread. Then, we started recruiting guys like Jeremy Maclin and stopping using as much two-tight end sets.
Now, after losing Coffman and Maclin, we'll be a little thinner at wide receiver this season. Because of that, we're kind of adjusting what we're doing. We'll be using three wideouts and our tailback more as a rusher and a receiver.
We feel our offense gives us a chance to get our best 11 players on the field. And we can do things differently depending on the personnel we have on hand.
Defending the spread
How do you prepare for it and what's your philosophy in going against it?
Al Groh: . . . .One of the things we have observed is that defensive teams have to be willing to take some risks in order to take the initiative back. When you're so spread out, and one of the features of the spread, and the spread offense is just a formation. Having been in conversations with people, the two things I noticed is, last year Missouri finished fourth in the country in passing and Oregon finished fourth in running. Both are called spread offenses. The word spread is no longer associated with specific plays. It's simply a formation that spreads the defense from sideline to sideline and in doing so creates some natural spaces in the defense. It's harder to go from far away to attack the offense and you leave yourself vulnerable to certain things. By the same token, what we're observing is defense are afraid to take any risks. They just stand there and they're a standing target.
What we do like about being in the 3-4 defense is the flexibility it provides because defense, so much these days, that fourth linebacker as opposed to a fourth defensive lineman in the 4-3, gives us significantly more options. What defensive coaching is now, no matter what the system, you have to find some ways to adapt to what the other team is doing. We think this gives us the ability to adapt and react. You'd like to be on the attack defensively and set the tone, but to a degree the offensive will always control that. You have to be able to adjust and adapt.
How different is what Georgia Tech does? It's the spread option. How does that make it a little more difficult to prepare for, or does it?
AG: They are in their own way, yes, they fall under that umbrella because while the plays are different, it's out of sync with what teams face on a repetitive basis. That's the only time that most teams see that offense every year. There's no accumulated familiarity by the coaches or players going against it. That's a big part of the difficulty of playing against that or any offense that isn't common to what the defenses generally see. There's different plays, but it accomplishes similar things.
You guys beat them last year. As a coach, you get it. But how do you get your players prepared for it in what, five days, when they never see it?
AG: You're exactly right. One of the things we thought that was very important in the presentation of it was to demystify it for the players. In some cases, players can get frustrated. For example, this Wildcat formation that's gaining some notoriety. Really, in a lot of ways, it's a reduced down spread. It's spread out, but a lot of times it's with a player back there getting the direct snap who's a real good runner, but is not a passer. Actually, in talking with the Patriots last year, and all of a sudden it got sprung on them by Miami. In doing so, the unfamiliarity of it really threw them off during the course of the game and they could never quite get it back and in talking with the coaches there, they had issues during the game with getting the players settled down because there was still a mystique to what they were up against. From that point on, they had a detailed plan, and the next time they played against it from other teams as well as the second time they played Miami, they fared much better. You've got to demystify these unique offenses for the defensive players.
How much has it helped you as a defensive coach to understand it and scheme for it because [new offensive coordinator] Gregg [Brandon] is on your staff now and that's the way he's thinking?
AG: Very much so. It's helped us to establish a significant period of experimentation. We put some things out there and run them, and we really haven't tried to defend our team so much as let's just run our stuff and see what we like and what we don't like. It has certainly been helpful to us in that degree. . . .
Do you think there's any benefit to preparing the guys for the NFL to run one particular offensive scheme or another?
AG: Not really. I think that if the players are well-trained fundamentally, those are the things that carry over from league to league. The fundamental skills of how to execute their job, how to defeat the player across from them. It's highly unlikely that most players are going to go - with only 32 teams in the NFL - it's highly unlikely they're going to go to a system that's exactly like the one they came from. They're going to have to make some adjustments system-wise. The big thing is they have the fundamental background that can translate to any system. If you can block guys in one system, you can block them in another. If you can beat blocks in the 3-4, you can beat blocks in the 4-3. If you get blocked in the 3-4, you're going to get blocked in the 4-3.
Makes sense. Why do you think more ACC teams haven't caught onto this?
AG: It gets trendy within leagues. What you have to go against, whether it's offense or defense, you have to prepare for those things. You kind of become influenced and spend more time looking at those things and become influenced by those things. And of course a lot of it has to do with the philosophical backgrounds and beliefs that coaches bring with them. And really your background, too. At a point, sometimes what you know how to teach best, what you know how to utilize during the course of a game is the best for a particular team as opposed to something that is intriguing, but when certain things happen during a game maybe you just don't have the wherewithal to make those in-game decisions because you don't have enough familiarity with the system. Therefore, a team would be better off with something they're really fluent in.
Do you think your players will be more comfortable playing Georgia Tech the second time around?
AG: They should have a certain element of confidence. Their circumstances should be a lot more positive than if we would have given up 40 points. Then you have to come back the next year and convince the players we can really do this. 'Well wait a second, last year we were completely bamboozled by it and we haven't played against it since.' Yeah, I think we don't have to overcome that type of situation to start with, but no matter what, they run those plays every day. Their opponents, and this is the value of being a little bit out of the norm, whether it's with your offense or defense, their opponents only practice against those plays for a week.
I remember in high school preparing for wishbone teams: It was pure assignment football. Is it like that preparing for a spread-option vs. a typical pro-style, multiple offense?
BG: Yeah, it definitely is. In the old days, you had three backs in the backfield and everybody was doing option defensive assignments and concerns. It's the same kind of deal. The quarterback can carry the ball. He can hand off. He can motion a guy around to be the pitch guy. It really is the same idea. You've really got to make sure you stop all those elements. And then they throw in the no-huddle with it, which most of them have, and that can slow you down a little bit more. So we talk about that with our guys -- it's assignment football. You can't be quite as reckless, unless it's third-and-long and then you can get into your normal blitz stuff.
More than a few defensive coordinators have said that when you have a running quarterback, it stresses a defense and makes it difficult to match up. Is the spread not effective when the quarterback is not a good runner?
BG: I don't think it is as effective. I think when you've got a guy like [Jeremiah] Masoli at Oregon -- or a Dennis Dixon -- man, that makes it even harder. If a quarterback is not a great runner, you don't have to worry about him keeping it. And even if he does keep it, he's not going to gain a lot of yards. You can kind of load up in the one aspect, whether it's defending the ball inside or the pitch guy coming around, you don't have to worry about the quarterback. But if the guy can run, it adds a whole different dimension to it and makes it more difficult. . . .
How about blocking assignments: is that an adjustment also?
BG: Yeah, because so much of it is lateral. You really don't see the downhill, power running game that you see with most two-back teams -- power with pulling [linemen], lead plays, that kind of thing. So much of it is lateral, with guys moving in one direction and the back has the ability to really cut back and wind it back. You've really got to be conscious of not running so far out with the offensive line -- the term we use is "getting washed." Sometimes you see a back cutting all the way back and part of that is a defensive line over-pursuing and getting washed past the holes and the gaps up front so a back can stick it back. It's tough stuff and it is different. A good offensive line, like Oregon, that is big and strong and moves well, can really work guys past that initial point of attack and a good back can just break it back against the pursuit of the defense.
First of all, what is the challenge like when you're going up against a spread offense?
Phil Bennett: I played for a guy at Texas A&M, Emory Bellard, who invented the wishbone. With option football, everybody says it's an equalizer. I think if you have that quarterback, then the spread can be an equalizer.
I think it equalizes the field. I know as a defensive coach, it can take the aggressiveness out of you, because you have to be so concerned with assignments, just like the option. I was nervous last year when we played South Florida and Matt Grothe, and then obviously West Virginia. Our ends are big get-off, speed guys, and it really makes your ends go into a different mode. I don't think with the spread, in the run game, that you ever just really have to mash a guy. If you've got a body on body, then it becomes assignment football. But then you work on it so much that it can take a little bit of aggressiveness out of you.
How do you go about avoiding that?
PB: One of the things I try to do is, I try to treat it like the option in the run game. I want obviously a guy on the outside end and an inside-out guy on the quarterback. In the passing game, the thing I think is the toughest is the play-pass, because you're geared up to stop the run. I watched West Virginia against North Carolina, and they were so geared up to stop the run that Pat (White) threw for 330 yards, and it was off of play-pass.
I go back to our disaster game last year against Rutgers, where I had our guys so steered in on the run the week before against Navy. That's the thing the spread does to you. Your front guys have to still be aggressive, and the secondary still has to play pass. I was very pleased in our last home game against West Virginia, because our secondary, instead of getting so caught up in the run (played the pass). And we let our front go. And that's the thing I think you've got to do.
And of course the other thing is down and distance. Just like against the wishbone, if you get a down and distance on a spread team where the play-pass is taken away, then you've got a great advantage. The other thing people don't talk about in college is hash marks. You look at every spread team and watch them, and they have tremendous tendencies when they're in the middle of the field and then tremendous tendencies when they're on the boundary. . . .
Do you think that, in general, defenses are catching up to the spread?
PB: You know, as soon as you say that, somebody will tear you up. Now, with the original spread teams, people are starting to say, hey we've seen this. I think we played (against) regular personnel, out of 880 snaps last year, I think we played 90 snaps. And the rest was one back and either one tight, three wides or even four wides. Everybody is so multiple and they're doing variations of the spread. Iowa came out against us, and they had two tights, two flankers, and lo and behold guess what they did? They flexed them out and ran the spread out of it.
I think the more you can focus on something, week after week, people will get better answers. The other thing is, there's a premium on skill players on offense. The thing the spread does is, it creates matchups. And if you got a 4.4 (40-yard dash) wide receiver against a 4.8 linebacker, that's a great matchup. You've got to be able to swarm the ball, and you can't have too many of those matchups.
There are so many versions of the spread offense. What do you think when you hear that somebody is running the spread?
Ellis Johnson: Everybody just refers to it in general as the spread, but it all starts with the quarterback and whether he's a good runner. If they run the quarterback, it's a whole different animal.
What makes it a different animal?
Ellis Johnson: If the quarterback doesn't run much and it's never more than the quarterback and the running back in the backfield at the same time, it doesn't present as many problems unless they've just got so many great athletes that you can't match up. But you've got problems with any offense that has that many great athletes. The quarterback being able to run presents that extra challenge back there that almost makes it seem like you're trying to defend a 12th man.
How have your triple-option roots at The Citadel helped you in defending the spread?
Ellis Johnson: One of the things that helps me when I'm drawing it up on the chalkboard is that everybody was running the option and the veer back in the 70s when I was coming up through coaching. I understand the loaded option with the extra blocker back there. A lot of younger coaches don't understand it, and obviously a lot of players don't. It's very difficult to get taught and understood how these things work.
How does your strategy change when you're going against a spread offense?Ellis Johnson: The thing we try to do is mix up our fronts as much as possible and keep the perimeter reasonably simple. If you blitz too much, it can be disruptive. But it's not going to be sound against option assignments. And reading linemen becomes extremely important. When they get in the shotgun and the quarterback's back there beside the running back, as the ball is traveling back to the quarterback, you really don't get any flow in the backfield, so you need to be heavily keying on the linemen.
How has the spread offense changed the way you put together your game plans?
Mike Hankwitz: It has changed things because in the past, you wanted to feel like you could be more proactive and try to dictate. You could stack up against the run and force teams to throw, or you could stack your coverage and dare 'em to run. The spread does literally what it says: It spreads the field, forces you to spread your defense out more and especially with the quarterbacks that can run and throw. There's all different types of blocking schemes in the spread, aside from just the zone read.
So how do you counteract all of that?
MH: We try to see what the strength of their attack is. Is it the running game? How good is the quarterback in the run game? Is he a better runner than passer? If he is, then we'll commit more to the run and try to make him beat us throwing the ball. Or if they're a better passing team, then we will play more coverages and try to make them beating us running the ball. The third element when they spread you out is the unscripted, the improvised plays with the quarterback scramble. You're spread out and you're trying to rush the passer and play coverage and all of a sudden, the quarterback that can take off and scramble, it's not easy to plan for that all the time.
How much more time do you devote to the quarterback run now versus 15 years ago?
MH: Teams ran the triple option, and you had to be sound in your schemes and then you had to have the players who had discipline to take their assignment and not let somebody run free. The passing attack off that was minimal, but now, with the spread, you have that option aspect where you have to defend the different components of the run game: the read zone with the running back, the quarterback keeping it off the read zone and then bringing a running back in the backfield and bringing him out on a pitch. The bubble is another variation of it. [The receiver] becomes the pitch man. And then you have the jail-break screens, you have draws, running back draws, quarterback draws. It's more difficult to defend all that stuff.
You mention how dictating on defense was easier before. Has the spread allowed offenses to dictate more often?
MH: It makes it a lot harder on a defense to dictate or take away certain things, just because they've spread the field and they are doing more things. The offenses are trying to keep the defense from dictating to them. And then the other big part of the spread is the audible aspect of it, the coaches changing the plays. They're going no-huddle, they have more clock to work with and then they'll go up and show a formation and go through a cadence and try to get the defense to tip its hand. Then, they'll go back and change the play and try to get in a better play from what they've seen. You used to get some of that against passing teams. They would keep you from trying to substitute, but that was still relatively one-dimensional. You had some good one-back teams that could run and pass, but you didn't have to worry about the quarterback and the option.
When you arrived in Lubbock in 2000, Leach was the only coach in the conference running the spread. Now, seven of the teams run the offense as a base set. Did you ever expect it to be this widespread?
RM: I've definitely seen things evolve. The yards per game and points all have increased. I think it's because we've seen a development in the training of quarterbacks and offensive players through seven-on-seven camps and the like -- particularly here in Texas. Now, everybody is trying to get their wide receivers and running backs into space. And we're trying to do what we can to stop them.
Because of the way scoring has mushroomed in the Big 12, are you changing the way you judge the success of your defense?
RM: You've seen things evolve. Obviously, yards per game and points have increased. It's not three yards and a cloud of dust like it was when I was playing. We all realize these quarterbacks are pretty good and these offenses can move the ball. What we have to do is be patient and innovative with how we try to counteract their schemes. Points will increase, but maybe now we need to look at stats like third-down conversions and turnovers to determine how effective a defense has really been.
How much of a philosophical change has it been after the mushrooming of these spread offenses since you started your coaching career?
RM: When I started back at East Carolina with Pat Dye, I grew up facing the wishbone all spring and all fall. That was the offense that everybody was using and that caused problems. You saw more of a power game. Then, you saw people start using the West Coast offense to try to throw the football.
I miss those days, but I know the spread defense is here to stay for a while because of the development of the athletes to fit those offenses. I know everybody in our state (high school players) is out throwing the football, so the passing quarterback is out there. The receivers are out there, too. The guys that used to play basketball are all becoming wide receivers. I think the spread will be here for awhile, so both sides will have to keep developing.


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The study collated the results of 16 personality surveys and experiments completed by nearly 12,000 self-identified libertarians who visited YourMorals.org. The researchers compared the libertarians to tens of thousands of self-identified liberals and conservatives. It was hardly surprising that the team found that libertarians strongly value liberty, especially the "negative liberty" of freedom from interference by others. Given the philosophy of their heroes, from John Locke and John Stuart Mill to Ayn Rand and Ron Paul, it also comes as no surprise that libertarians are also individualistic, stressing the right and the need for people to stand on their own two feet, rather than the duty of others, or government, to care for people.
Perhaps more intriguingly, when libertarians reacted to moral dilemmas and in other tests, they displayed less emotion, less empathy and less disgust than either conservatives or liberals. They appeared to use "cold" calculation to reach utilitarian conclusions about whether (for instance) to save lives by sacrificing fewer lives. They reached correct, rather than intuitive, answers to math and logic problems, and they enjoyed "effortful and thoughtful cognitive tasks" more than others do.
The researchers found that libertarians had the most "masculine" psychological profile, while liberals had the most feminine, and these results held up even when they examined each gender separately, which "may explain why libertarianism appeals to men more than women."
All Americans value liberty, but libertarians seem to value it more. For social conservatives, liberty is often a means to the end of rolling back the welfare state, with its lax morals and redistributive taxation, so liberty can be infringed in the bedroom. For liberals, liberty is a way to extend rights to groups perceived to be oppressed, so liberty can be infringed in the boardroom. But for libertarians, liberty is an end in itself, trumping all other moral values.I don't think I buy liberty as "trumping all other moral values," but I suspect I place it much, much higher than most of my friends of other persuasions (Dana Garrett might accuse me of having a "fetish" for liberty--he likes that term and it might be applicable here).
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$122.3 billion. That's what businesses, small and large, spend on meetings and conventions annually. And that's one great reason why, when choosing their careers, so many young people are choosing meeting planning.
Either as independent firms or employees, meeting planners ensure that events, from seminars and incentives to Fortune 500 annual meetings and conventions, are successful for their clients, both tactically (did it run smoothly?) and strategically (did the gathering fulfill corporate goals?). While the perception may be that this is a females-only profession, males are participating in its many facets: administrative; communications; financial; sales; hospitality; audio-visual; staging and production; and long-term visioning. "If you consider the bigger picture, the industry, there are men filling various roles," says Katherine Christensen, CMP, president and owner of Chandler-based Katherine Christensen & Associates and PRA Destination Management–Arizona. The Certified Meeting Professional, CMP, is an industry certification earned through examination, as well as work and association experience.
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Programs at quality universities such as ASU and Northern Arizona University help students realize that this is a career they never even considered, until they learned what it was all about. "Meetings management is the sleeping giant in academia, and more and more students want to learn how to plan effective meetings," adds Fausel.
The degree at ASU is a Bachelor of Science and Recreation, with tourism as the section in which meeting management is taught. ASU also offers adult learning courses, he notes: "We target those working in nonprofits, government, associations and corporations who are told to plan and set up a meeting, but don't have the experience to do so."
Dr. Gary Vallen, professor, from the School of Hotel and Restaurant Management at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, says the appeal is that meeting planning is a "thrill-a-minute industry." He asks, "Where else could someone take a leadership role putting on high-end conventions from such diverse topics as a National Home Builders Conference (one of the largest physical show requirements of any in the world) to the world's largest cocktail and nightclub show?" He adds, "Or put on smaller themed events like a James Bond dinner, or a racecar/Nascar evening for various conference groups?"
His Gary Vallen Hospitality Consultants hosts casino-themed evenings for social purposes or charitable fundraisers. Vallen helped initiate the NAU program in 1988. He teaches Hotel Operations, Casino Gaming Management and Meetings and Events Management, and, during a recent semester sabbatical, developed four courses in meeting, events and expositions management: Meeting Planning; Conventions and Expositions; Festivals and Special Events; and Topics in Meetings and Conventions Management. NAU first offered these courses this spring.
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"Meeting planning as a career is growing more popular in part because of the increasing awareness of our industry," explains Karla Vogtman, convention services manager for the Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau.
"Almost every organization holds some type of meeting. As long as companies meet, the demand for professionals in our industry will continue," adds Vogtman, an ASU alum.
She, in fact, works with the CVB's convention sales department to service groups hosting meetings in the Valley. This includes providing housing and registration assistance; developing community awareness; coordinating site inspections and venues; hosting off-site activities; supplying destination and promotional collateral; and providing marketing assistance to convention groups. "In other words, I act as the destination specialist and work as a liaison between members and meeting planners," she says.
Her path is illustrative of the many opportunities a meeting career offers: She started in the multi-cultural affairs department, moved to the convention sales department and now works with groups in convention services. "A degree in this field requires you to focus on communication, business and a variety of other skills I utilize every day."
While the popularity of meeting planning as a career is a national trend, tourism's place as the second largest industry in Arizona is particularly inspiring young people here. "Arizona as a destination is very popular and our seasons are high in the fall. From January through June, when all in our industry work very hard, oftentimes without days off, we do it to serve our visitors," Christensen notes. As a result, most meeting and convention planning is hospitality-focused in Arizona, although medical, real estate and financial concerns significantly rely on these professionals as well.
In fact, it's becoming a necessity, she emphasizes. "It's a profession that is finally being recognized as an industry," After all, she points out, "People take their taxes to a CPA, as they are schooled and study in that field, or other experts in their fields like attorneys or mechanics. Why would they not have their meeting/event planning needs tended to, by a professional?"
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Meeting planning has evolved, though, explains LoriAnn K. Harnish, CMP, CMM. "Today's meeting planners are event and meeting extraordinaires who are far more strategic than tactical," explains Harnish, noting that Fast Company Magazine has listed the meeting industry as one of the top 20 professions for the next decade. "Yes, they have resources at their fingertips and checklists galore to ensure every detail is not overlooked or forgotten. However, their main focus is being strategic, that is, aligning their meetings objectives with the visions of the organizations they serve."
Hornish is president of Scottsdale-based Speaking of Meetings, which ensures that a company's strategic objectives are the components of every meeting and event. The CMM, Certified Meetings Manager, which develops this strategic visioning, requires a five-day, in-residence course and other components.
She is also president-elect of the 460-member, Phoenix-based Arizona Sunbelt Chapter of the Dallas-based Meeting Professionals International, established in 1972. The largest association for the meetings profession, MPI includes 20,000-plus membership in 68 chapters and clubs in the United States, Canada, Europe and other countries. The chapter assists members with networking, education and vocation tools, as well as works with students for internship opportunities.
"Our state has had a chapter for more than 25 years, and that tells you how important meeting planning has been for several decades," explains Christensen, a member since 1993 who has served in various roles, including president. "It isn't new; it is just perceived as a necessary profession for corporations, associations and organizations to assist in their planning."
Everyone agrees: For those planning this as a career, plan ahead. "Throughout the country, this background opens the doors to employment," Fausel says. "Those companies and associations looking for meeting-management assistance usually turn to those individuals with the training and education in the meetings industry to be part of the team."


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Left-hander Trenton Brooks pitches for Granite Hills, the top-ranked team in the San Diego Section.
The Granite Hills High baseball team finds itself in a different position heading into the 63rd annual Lions Tournament.
Normally the hunter, the Eagles — ranked No. 1 in the San Diego Section — are the hunted this season in a loaded 16-team Classic Division.
"It's flattering to be ranked No. 1, but we're trying to downplay it as much as possible," said Granite Hills coach James Davis. "We're on a pretty good roll, and we hope to keep it going, but in baseball you can get beat on any given day.
"In football, the dominant team will just about always win. In basketball, the team that is physically better wins. In baseball, the guy on the mound, that one guy, can make all the difference."
This year's Classic Division boasts six teams ranked in San Diego's preseason Top 10 — Granite Hills, Vista, Rancho Bernardo, Mira Mesa, Poway and La Costa Canyon.
One team that isn't playing in the Lions Tournament is Cathedral Catholic, the two-time Classic Division champion. The Dons are headed to North Carolina to play in the USA Baseball National High School Invitational.
That 16-team event features clubs from 10 states, eight of which are ranked in the Top 25 in the nation by Baseball America — Cathedral (3), Santa Ana Mater Dei (8), Grayson, Ga. (9), The Woodlands, Texas (10), Venice, Fla. (11), Studio City Harvard Westlake (16), Hamilton, Ariz. (16) and Tullahoma, Tenn. (22).
There are nine players ranked in Baseball America's Top 100, including Cathedral left-hander Stephen Gonsalves and Grayson outfielder Austin Meadows. Baseball America ranks Meadows as the No. 1 high school player in the country.
Cathedral opens the tournament Wednesday against Grayson.
"I'm so looking forward to going to Carolina," said Gonsalves, who spent a good portion of his summer there at the Team USA training site. "Grayson has a great hitter. For a pitcher it's nice to challenge yourself against guys who will play at the next level."
Cathedral coach Gary Remiker said he has the utmost respect for the Lions Tournament and wrestled with not staying home and defending the Dons' title.
"Honestly, I think it's important to stay home and play in the Lions," Remiker said. "The only reason I'd not play here is to go to a national event like this.
"When they think you're good enough to get invited, when you have a great club, you want to test yourself. I've had teams before that I think were good enough to play in a national event, but we didn't get an invitation. So we couldn't turn this down."
Remiker said the cost is about $1,400 for each of the 21 players and five coaches on the trip.
Aggressive fundraising has cut the cost to about $300 a player.
Rancho Bernardo coach Sam Blalock has more than 800 career wins. He understands where Remiker is coming from.
"I don't like to go out of town," Blalock said. "Over the years, we've played in national events. We played in the old Upper Deck tournament when that was the biggest spring-break event. And we've played and won national tournaments in Las Vegas. But the Lions Tournament is one of the toughest in the nation.
"As good as we've been over the years, we've only won it once (in 2005). I think it's harder to win the Lions than it is to win a national event. Look at the field this year. The Classic and Premier divisions are loaded."
The Premier Division of the Lions Tournament features San Diego ranked teams San Dieguito, Rancho Buena Vista, Eastlake and St. Augustine.
Judge Peter Gallagher runs the Lions Tournament, volunteering countless hours. He works closely on field sites and scheduling with Cal State San Marcos' Dennis Pugh, who was the longtime coach at Mission Bay High.
"We're a grass-roots tournament," Gallagher said. "The national tournaments are corporate events. Our goal is to get the best teams in San Diego to stay home, then add some really good teams from outside the area.
"We asked Cathedral Catholic to come and defend its title, but I understand they're going to a great event."
The 120-team Lions Tournament is split into eight divisions.
Play starts Monday with the semifinals and finals Thursday.
Cal State San Marcos hosts the Classic Division semis and finals while Grossmont College hosts the Premier.
The tournament will use no fewer than 70 school sites.
"It's a logistic nightmare," said Gallagher. "In the end, though, it's all worthwhile."


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Warner Bros. scored a huge victory in the long-running and byzantine legal battle over the copyright to Superman yesterday, thanks to a ruling by 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that cements the studio's control over the lucrative superhero character. The decision drew, in part, on precedent established in a lawsuit against Facebook by the Winklevoss twins* *and held that a 2001 agreement between the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and Warner Bros was indeed binding and that a district judge in a 2008 case had "erred" in granting the Siegel heirs partial copyright.
This decision follows a ruling last October that denied any part of the copyright to the heirs of Superman's other co-creator, Joe Shuster. Shuster and Siegel famously sold their creation to DC Comics for a mere $130 in 1938, long before the character went on to become a multi-billion dollar franchise for the studio, thanks to the success of numerous Hollywood blockbusters, television shows and other merchandise.
The recent ruling on the fate of Superman hinged upon a 2001 agreement between the Siegel heirs and Warner Bros, which the Siegels had claimed was not finalized and therefore not enforceable. In their decision on the case, the 9th Circuit repeatedly cited a lawsuit involving Facebook as precedent, wherein the Winklevoss brothers – who sued the social media site for allegedly stealing their idea – had similarly claimed that an earlier mediated agreement was non-binding. The court disagreed, and found that under California law, a "term sheet" agreement could be enforceable "even though everyone understood that certain material aspects of the deal would be papered later."
Jeff Trexler, an attorney and law professor who previously served as a clerk in the 9th Circuit, told Wired that while "it's entirely possible that the court would have reached the same outcome without the Facebook ruling... Facebook made it practically inevitable."
Wired reached out for comment to Warner Bros, who responded:
This is a great day for Superman, for his fans, for DC Entertainment and for Warner Bros. Today's ruling vindicates DC Comics' long-held position that it entered into a binding agreement with the Jerry Siegel family in 2001. The Court's decision paves the way for the Siegels finally to receive the compensation they negotiated for and which DC has been prepared to pay for over a decade. We are extremely pleased that Superman's adventures can continue to be enjoyed across all media platforms worldwide for generations to come.
The decision comes at a fortunate time for the studio, whose new Superman reboot *Man of Steel *heads to theaters in June. Before the latest ruling, Warner Bros. would have been unable to create new "derivative works" based on Superman's first appearance in Action Comics #1 – presumably including Superman films – without accounting for the profits to the Siegels as co-owners, complicating plans for a potential *Man of Steel *sequel and the *Justice League *movie slated for 2015.
Now, Warner Bros. will likely be able to proceed without further hindrance, ending a nearly 65-year legal battle whose uglier moments included a letter from Siegel's dying widow (the original model for Lois Lane) accusing the Warner Bros. lawyers of harassment and a still-ongoing lawsuit by Warner Bros. accusing the Siegel's lawyer Marc Toberoff of misconduct.
In 2011, Jerry Siegel's daughter Laura Siegel Larson published a letter likening her family's legal battle with Warner Bros. to a "David versus Goliath struggle" and said that her father had "co-created Superman as the 'champion of the oppressed... sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need!' But sadly his dying wish, for his family to regain his rightful share of Superman, has become a cautionary tale for writers and artists everywhere."


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CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A 42-year-old 4-H club leader in Indiana has been accused of texting sexually explicit pictures to four children, authorities said.
Brian Gilbert of Connersville was arrested Monday on 16 felony counts of disseminating harmful material to minors, WHIO-TV, Dayton, Ohio, reported. The ages of the children were not reported.
Police said a local mother found a sexually suggestive photo on her underage daughter's cellphone and alerted police. Police traced the photo, which was sent on Nov. 26, to Gilbert's phone, the report said.
Gilbert allegedly admitted to sending the photo, which police classified as "pornography," to three other children.
The photo Gilbert is accused of sending was of another adult and was likely taken from the Internet, police said, WHIO reported.
Police said Gilbert is a leader of the Green Clovers 4-H club in Connersville, adding that the charges against him are "not directly related to his involvement with the organization."
Gilbert is being held in the Fayette County Jail on $64,000 bail.


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